georgia, for example, which is not even 39% vaccinated according to cdc data. state officials there, saying hospitalizations have risen 50% in the last two weeks. and deaths, by 18%. more companies are requiring employees to be vaccinated. disney and walmart becoming the latest today. in addition, walmart employees will, once again, be told to mask up, regardless of vaccination status. and of course, there is the president, late today, opening the door to new, federal measures. that said, not everyone's getting onboard. even with the threat to the unvaccinated becoming clearer than ever, today, florida's governor ron desantis issued an executive order blocking mask mandates in schools. blocking mask mandates, that would protect unvaccinated students against a virus that's exploding in his state. the governor saying there will be no lockdowns, school closures, restrictions, or mandates in his state. the war might have changed today but some on the battlefield have not. here to talk about it and take your questions are dr. peter hotez. author of the aptly titled

later, they said abrams noted even losing races as she did for the governor in georgia can galvanize voters and produce winners down the road, as it did in the two georgia senate runoff races this year. democrats in texas, marching for a second day that started in georgetown, texas, and is expected to end in the state capital of austin, on saturday. two of the leaders of the march, former texas congressman beto o'rourke, and bishop william barber, join me now. bishop barber, why are you marching? >> we are trying to nationalize texas, as in '65, to say we have to have federal protections of the we have to have -- end the filibuster. we have to fully pass all the provision of the true john lewis bill, the for the peoples act, the one he wrote before he died. when it's ready and written, we have to pass the restored voting rights act. we need $15 living wage. we need to protect immigrants. we've got to -- you can't litigate your way out of this. mobilize your way. i met with the texas legislators of the -- the other day through zoom. and they understand that, clearly. and what's happen

galvanize voters and produce wins down the road as it did in two georgia senate races this year. as this were happening, they were marching for a 2nd day in texas for a moral march in democracy. it started in george town and expected to end in boston saturday. two of the leaders of the palm beach, former congress mach beto o'rourke and bishop barber join me now. bishop barber, why are you palm beaching? >> well, we're trying to nationalize texas. sema was nationalized to sigh we have to have federal protections. we have to have the end of a filibuster. we have to fully pass the true genres for the people's act before he died. when it's ready and written, we have to pass the restored voting rights act. we need $15 living wage. we need to protect immigrants. you can't litigate your way, mobilize your way. i met with the texas legislators the other day from zoom. they understand that clearly. what's happening it's not just democrats, it's people of all race, creeds, colors, parties, for the organization. my brother down there who said we would march from george town to austin and on

this time the georgia congressman couldn't walk away without answering. >> i want to ask you this. they were asked the question by several of our colleagues, including ms. cheney, about statements that you made saying that the january 6th violent insurrection against congress was akin to a normal tourist visit. and those officers said they weren't tourists, they were terrorists. do you stand by your statement that they were tourists? >> i would like you to quote my exact statement. not your interpretation of my statement. >> okay. watching the tv footage of those who entered the capitol and walked through statuary hall show people in an orderly fashion staying between the

not something akin to tourism, as one georgia republican congressman claimed. this weekend, as you may have heard, house speaker pelosi fl named illinois republican, adam kinzinger, to the committee. accepted and today kevin mccarthy had this to say about it. >> you know, some republicans have been saying that the g -- the gop should play ball with this committee. >> really? who is that? who is that? adam and liz? aren't they kind of, like, pelosi republicans? >> well, pelosi republicans. it's a new spin on the conventional label, which has been to refer to them and a few others as anti-trump republicans. which, cnn political commentator and conservative amanda carpenter says, really, short changes their motivations. she tweeted about congressman kinzinger, why is he being described as an anti-trump republican? he is a pro-democracy republican, who rightly is disgusted by what happened on j. 6. it's about principles, not people. as for what it means to be a mccarthy republican? well, it seems that it means, at least initially, seeing their insurrection for exac

nothing akin to tourism, as one georgia republican said. liz cheney is no longer the lone republican on the panel. they named republican adam kinzinger to the committee, he accepted, and today, house republican leader kevin mccarthy had this to say about it. >> you know, some republicans have been saying that the gop should play a part in the committee. >> who was that, adam and liz? aren't they kind of like pelosi republicans? >> pelosi republicans. it's a new spin on the conventional label which has been to refer to them and a few others as anti-trump republicans. which cnn political commentator and conservative amanda car carpenter says really short changed their conversations. she tweeted, why is he being described as an anti-trump republican. he's a pro-democracy republican who rightly is disgusted by what happened on j 6. it's about principles not people. as what it means to be a mccarthy republican, well, it seems that it means at least initially seeing the insurrection for exactly what it was, and acknowledging exactly who was respo

was stolen, that it will, therefore, mean it was stolen in other states, like pennsylvania or else -- georgia or elsewhere that he needed to win. >> so, the -- so, the former president is going to -- to arizona tomorrow. the -- this audit, obviously, has been ridiculed as a sham. it's not an official audit, at all. it's, still, going on, anyway, behind you. and arizona republicans are still clamoring to get onstage tomorrow with the former president. what do you expect to happen tomorrow at the rally? >> well, we're expecting to hear the former president say exactly what he's been saying in the statements. he is going to perpetuate the big lie because he wants it to be true, even though it is not true. even though this audit, which has been maligned by federal-election officials, independent auditors, independent people who run these audits, legitimate audits, say that this is completely a sham and a show and an exercise. so, we're expecting him to -- to p perpetuate that myth, anderson. but that's not stopping a number, a very long list of 2022 republican candidates for arizona governor, for

marjory taylor greene, for instance, of georgia repeatedly declares that hipaa prevents her from telling us whether or not she has been vaccinated. which isn't 100% true. but they just say it's a personal choice whether they want to reveal that. but when you talk to many of these lawmakers privately, both republican and democrat, they really point to the political repercussions. in some of these heavily red districts that voted overwhelmingly for the former president donald trump the vaccines remain unpopular. not just hesitancy here. there are people that truly believe the vaccine is a big problem and as a result these republican politicians don't want to in any way, shape or form endure the wrath of their constituents by admitting they've been vaccinated. there's a good chance that many of them actually have been vaccinated but they've chosen not to do so because of their constituents. and just one example, anderson, is the house minority whip steve scalise. he's the second ranking republican. he waited until just last week to get the vaccine and didn't really have a good explanation a

who got out of prison. 22 bipartisan criminal justice bills in the past three years in states like georgia and mississippi, tough places where we've been able to get red, blue, black, white, and brown together to get stuff done. i think jeff bezos saw that and said listen, if you can actually get people together maybe these problems can debt solved. the key is to believe that ordinary people are a lot smarter than the people who get paid to yell at each other on tv or washington, d.c. and empower them with the ability to solve their own problems. >> the word he's named is courage and civility. it's an interesting combination because a lot of folks pretend they have courage on cable news who are yelling and shoving their opinions down people's throats and telling people what to do, who to vote for, how to think, and then there's a lot of people who are just listening to other people's ideas and seeing what works and trying to bring people together. that's something both of you have always done. >> i always say that we need to build longer tables, not higher walls. we saw through this pandem

especially if he was asking for votes from those members of congress in the deep south, in texas and georgia and mississippi. and yet because of the courage shown by everyday americans including a 24-year-old john lewis crossing the edmund pettus bridge in 1965, they were able to find the presence of power to get the job down. so, anderson, i believe we do have the votes. we have 51 votes in the united states senate. and if those democratic senators will take a page out of the book of those democratic statehouse members from texas, who though they're in the political minority were able to stop voter suppression legislation, then they'll be able to summon the courage and political will necessary to amend the filibuster. not abolish it but change it as it has been changed before to allow the passage of election law matters or voting rights matters and pass the for the people act. so this is impossible until it gets done. and i think these texas statehouse democrats just made it a little more possible by their display of courage yesterday. and i hope they will stay the distance in d.c. and cont

republicans there hoping to follow the footsteps of georgia, florida, iowa and others that have already passed new voting restrictions. vice president harris also spoke today on the importance of voting rights at her alma mater howard university, a historically black university. >> this is the fight of our lifetime. this is the fight of our lifetime. we all stand on the shoulders of giants. we will always remember our history. we also understand their legacy and that we are a part of that. >> i'm joined by senator bernie sanders, who's also chairman of the budget committee. chairman sanders, you hear kamala harris saying this is the fight she said of our lifetime. that implies that there's not much that can be done right now on voting rights. democrats in congress have already tried, failed to pass federal legislation to protect against gop state-by-state restrictions. i know president biden says he plans on, quote, speaking extensively on this issue, but is it going to have any impact? >> i hope and expect it will. the house has already passed hr-1 appearnd that is sweeping lentle legi

. >>> georgia republican congresswoman marjorie taylor green is comparing president biden's efforts to vaeccinate americans to the nazis. here's how we got here. with covid cases up now in 27 states, the biden administration is launching a new door-to-door campaign to try to get more americans vaccinated. congresswoman taylor attacked on twitter and said biden pushing a vaccine not fda approved showing covid is a political tool used to control people. they don't need your medical brown shirts showing up ordering vaccinations. you can't force people to be part of the human experiment, end quote. keep in mind the brown shirts played a big role in the rise of hitler and the nazi party in the 1930s as well as the '40s which then led to the holocaust and the genocide of 6 million jews and others. green's tweet comes weeks after she said this about mask-wearing rules at the capitol. >> you know, we can look back in a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star and they were definitely treated like second class citizens, so much so that they were put on trains and taken to gas

georgia's secretary of state's wife telling reuters, she received threatening texts. you and your family will be killed very slowly one of those read. another warned of an unfortunate accident the family would have. still another read, we plan for the death of you and your family every day. don't forget that six months later to the day, the handful of republican lawmakers who stood up for the truth have been cast aside. liz cheney stood up and was stripped of her position. six months to the day, it's the lie that won't die. quoting reporting in "the washington post", of the nearly 700 republicans who filed initial paperwork with the federal election commission to run next year for either of the u.s. senate or the house of representatives, at least a third have embraced trump's false claims about his defeat. late this evening, president biden weighed in with a statement. not even during the civil war did insurrectionists breach or capitol. but six months ago today, insurrectionists did. the president called it a sad reminder that there is nothing guaranteed about our d

plains, georgia. former-president jimmy carter and his wife, rosalynn, are the longest married presidential couple in u.s. history. his sister played matchmaker, setting them up on their first date when he was a midshipman at the naval academy. they married in 1946. over the years through some sometimes-turbulent political campaigns, their relationship never faltered. the former president told "the new york times" the couple is, quote, just grown closer and closer together. jimmy carter is 96. his bride is 93. we wish them a wonderful, wonderful anniversary. the news continues. t'

then there is this in yorj ge -- georgia. a professional golfer was found murdered at a golf course outside atlanta. here's the story. >> reporter: what happened in a suburb of atlanta is frightening and deeply mysterious. on friday this pickup truck was driven onto the green at pine tree country club about 45 minutes north of atlanta. when gene siller went to see what was going on, he was shot in the head by the driver of the pickup. this man said he was in the golf course when he heard gunshots. >> when it happens, it's all in the moment. fourth of july, you're thinking fireworks, and it's not fireworks and there's a guy on the ground. >> reporter: gene siller, husband and father of two boys, was found dead at the scene. he was well known and liked and competed in pga tournaments. the gunman is still on the loose. he played golf with gene the day before he was killed. >> i can't believe this happened at our country club. >> reporter: what happened is indeed difficult to believe, only made more incomprehensible because the s

you remember this in georgia? >> i just want to find